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Pretty Scottish /gaelic girls names

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DessieLou · 07/04/2013 04:10

A lot of Scottish girls names sound a little harsh to my ears (Morven, Mhairi etc). Do you know any prettier sounding names? Please include pronunciation of gaelic names to save confusion! Thank you! grin

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DessieLou · 07/04/2013 04:11

Grin even!

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peanutMD · 07/04/2013 04:55

Naimh (Neev)
Cara (more Irish Celtic I guess)
Morag
Moira
Roisin (Rowsheen)
Eilidh (Ayley)
Catriona (Karina)
Shona

Alisvolatpropiis · 07/04/2013 09:08

Aoife
Orla
Isla

Helspopje · 07/04/2013 09:18

Ailsa
Aine
Aisling
Mhari (marry or varry pronunuciations both sound lovely to me)
Iona
Isla
Fiona and variants

lots of suggesions here
www.ourbabynames.co.uk/gaelicgirl.php?pg=1

NB in reference to rory/ruiardh thread where some were referencing boys spelt at follows
' Ruari
(roo-ir-ee) Celtic girls name which means (meaning) red heade ruler. Thought of as the feminine version of Rory'

Cristiane · 07/04/2013 09:26

Ishbel
Flora

JollyPurpleGiant · 07/04/2013 09:27

Kirsty
Ailish
Siobhan (Shi-von)
Brodie
Flora
Iona
Isla
Elspeth

HorryIsUpduffed · 07/04/2013 10:57

I love Ailith (ellith)

Offcolour · 07/04/2013 11:26

A lot of my favourites have been mentioned, here are a few more:

Kirsteen
Dolina
Rona
Sheana (Sheena)

I love Iona, Mhairi, Eilidh.

DustingIsEasy · 07/04/2013 11:27

Mirrin
Mairi
Mhairi
Fiona

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TheOrchardKeeper · 07/04/2013 11:34

fionuala/fiohnula/nula/nuala/fiona

Moira

TheOrchardKeeper · 07/04/2013 11:36

(fionuala & variants are all pronounced like feo-noola or feo-nooala if you include the a before the l)

soontobeslendergirl · 07/04/2013 19:05

Eithne supposed to be Etna/Enya I think but the only person I know called this pronounces it Eye th nee

Tierney (Tear nay)

Fallon

rhondajean · 07/04/2013 19:32

Mara

DustingIsEasy · 08/04/2013 21:07

Iona
Isla
Aileen

hawkmcqueen · 08/04/2013 21:13

Sadhbh is an Irish girls name pronounced 'Sive' with a hard i not to sound like the kitchen implement!

Naoise pronounced Neesha

MsAkimbo · 08/04/2013 22:06

Ainslie
Kina
Maisie
Kenna

BikeRunSki · 08/04/2013 22:08

I love Ailsa.

I wanted it for DD, but it is similar to my name and DH talked me out of it.

jkklpu · 08/04/2013 22:41

Morna
Lorna
Efric
Eilish
Aileen

Greige · 08/04/2013 23:00

Yay BikeRunSki! I chose Ailsa for DC2, but ended up with a boy. Such a pretty name.

Sadhbh was also a top runner but friends had their DD a couple of months earlier and chose it.

Naoise is a boys name but I do know a girl with it. I think he was the hero in a tragic love story.

Muirreann (Mwirren)
Caoimhe (Kweeva)
Blaithín (Blah-heen) means flower

So many lovely girls names, boys on the other hand....DS was a week old before he was named!

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DessieLou · 09/04/2013 01:32

Lots of great suggestions to mull over, thank you!

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BikeRunSki · 09/04/2013 18:59

Grin at Griege.

G'wan OP, you've got to use Ailsa since neither of us have been able to.

SkivingAgain · 09/04/2013 19:04

My name has been mentioned several times >

Sanctimumious · 09/04/2013 19:11

Orla
Dervla
Siún (shoon)
Fraoch (FREYoch) - gaelic for heather

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DessieLou · 09/04/2013 19:57

Have put Ailsa on the list! Now to get rid of the image of Alf's wife from home & away... Grin

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